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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561372881188 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR690 (229) |
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| New / Used: | Used |
Description
THE AERONAUTS: A History of Ballooning 1783 - 1903
by L.T.C. Rolt
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Longmans, Green and Co. 1966, 1st edition
Size (mm): 155 w x 230 h x 30 h
Pages: 267
SKU: A5/2407/0613/B909
ABOUT
A complete history of balloons and the intrepid men who flew in them.
To travel in a balloon in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was the equivalent of braving the unknown of today's voyages in space. The author describes the first manned ascents, the first navigable balloons, steam, electric and petrol-engined, and the use of balloons in war.
Includes monochrome drawn illustrations.
CONDITION
Excellent with wear on dust jacket and faint spots on end papers and page edges, otherwise clean, stamped. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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